Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Our community quilting has gone ahead in leaps and bounds in 2012 under the guidance of Lyle.

Our community quilting members meet every 3rd Saturday and have put together many, many quilts this year, some of which have already been donated to needy people, and some which are in ‘storage’ for use down the track.

Here is Lyle helping to put together this striking strip quilt.

Some of our ladies have been busy sewing together some special bags which will be donated to local hospital, St Vincent’s, for patients who are undergoing treatment for breast cancer. The breast care nurse at St. Vincent’s is going to be thrilled with these!

Many of our members have been touched in one way or another by breast cancer and we enjoy giving our time to this most worthy project.

From Lyle:

I would like to thank all those involved during the year including the Sew Creative Group in Gatton for the tops they sent up and MK's Sewable group for the quilts they helped put together.

Without the wadding that the club provided and the quilting provided by Andrew, Kathy & Geoff, Lyn C, Fay & Angela and some members, we would not have achieved this record result.

We have 42 quilts in the Cupboard and 3 quilt as you go strippy quilts to complete for November. So grand total of 45.

Sunday, November 4, 2012

At our meeting this Saturday we were delighted to be able to present a cheque to the Hear ‘n Say Centre in Toowoomba.

The funds were proceeds from our beautiful 2012 raffle quilt.

Michelle Ryan from Brisbane represented the Hear ‘n Say centre and was presented with the cheque by our President, Fay.

Fay (L ) Michelle (R )

Our excited winner of the raffle quilt was Bev from Toowoomba.

She was a little camera shy but we coaxed her out and Fay presented her with her new quilt and a certificate of valuation.

Congratulations, Bev.

After the presentations, our members showed some quilts and then enjoyed an afternoon tea.

A sampler quilt by Fay called “Rambling Rose”. Fay designed her quilt using EQ6

A Stack and Whack quilt by Fay which she says came together more by good luck than good management!

A scrappy quilt also made by Fay in the year 2004 using both dress and patchwork fabrics.

Angela Langdon’s bargello quilt called “Moggie’s Paradise” was started in a workshop with Lyn Crump. The quilt features many fabric of things Angela’s cat enjoys in her garden – leaves, flowers, vines and even a snail and a mouse!

We often marvel at how sometimes the quilter’s outfit matches her quilt.